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nachenko · Post by **nachenko** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 1:55 am

audiothing, in the LFO, are ramp up and ramp down swapped?

audiothing · Post by **audiothing** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:43 am

nachenko wrote: ↑Sun Dec 16, 2018 1:55 am audiothing, in the LFO, are ramp up and ramp down swapped?

Hmm yes it looks like they are. We'll get it fixed.

nachenko · Post by **nachenko** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:01 pm

Hi, audiothing, I've been giving it an other round of tests, this time trying to do some FX. The plugin is doing good for the most part, but I missed a few details. May I ask for a couple minor tweaks?

1 - LFO being able to pitch much higher pitch ranges. At this moment, it's just +-1 semitone or so, I need to be able to make it jump no less than one octave up and down, or even two.

2 - As LFO in Sample and Hold mode didn't offer me the pitch modulation I needed, I tried with the step sequencer. I found two problems there. One is: Step sequencer is not fast enough, it's limited to 1/32T at the very most, I miss being able to use 1/64.

3 - Besides that, at high speed, the step sequencer is too short. For example: there is no way to make a "pseudo-random sequence" with just 8 steps, the sequence is too short, too easy to perceive.

audiothing · Post by **audiothing** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 4:27 pm

nachenko wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:01 pm Hi, audiothing, I've been giving it an other round of tests, this time trying to do some FX. The plugin is doing good for the most part, but I missed a few details. May I ask for a couple minor tweaks?

1 - LFO being able to pitch much higher pitch ranges. At this moment, it's just +-1 semitone or so, I need to be able to make it jump no less than one octave up and down, or even two.

That would break existing projects/presets but I can probably add an option to extend the range if needed.

nachenko wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:01 pm 2 - As LFO in Sample and Hold mode didn't offer me the pitch modulation I needed, I tried with the step sequencer. I found two problems there. One is: Step sequencer is not fast enough, it's limited to 1/32T at the very most, I miss being able to use 1/64.

Again, that might break existing projects/presets. I have to check if that's possible.

nachenko wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:01 pm 3 - Besides that, at high speed, the step sequencer is too short. For example: there is no way to make a "pseudo-random sequence" with just 8 steps, the sequence is too short, too easy to perceive.

Well, the step sequencer wasn't really intended for that, unfortuanately for now it'll be pretty hard to extend it to more than 8 steps.

nachenko · Post by **nachenko** » Thu Dec 20, 2018 5:10 pm

Thanks audiothing for your response. You're absolutely right about compatibility with older projects.

Just to add some context, the only reason I got to points two and three is because I couldn't modulate pitch the way I wanted using the LFO. Of this list I think the key point is the pitch range, that is, being able to make a difference between "pitch" and "fine pitch".

Extra context: I'm hitting those limits because I'm using Ableton Live. If I was using FLStudio, none of this would be a problem. The "this plugin's LFOs don't do what I want" scenario simply does not exist in FLStudio, as you can attach external LFOs and all kind of external modulation sources to any plugin. If there is a way to do this in Live, I don't know how (yet).

PD: All my comments are minor stuff. This plugin delivers.

audiothing · Post by **audiothing** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 6:16 pm

I see, I can probably add an option for the extended range. I'll let you know when I have a working beta, thanks!

audiothing · Post by **audiothing** » Mon Jul 13, 2020 5:10 pm

Update v1.6.2
You can download the update from your user area.

Changelog:
- Added: New bank “The Chiptune Orchestra” by Fabri with 20 New Presets
- Added: Internal support for left-hand mouse users
- Added: Option to extend the LFO range
- Fixed: Minor graphics glitches
- Fixed: Parameter locks not recalling properly when loading saved projects

MMaarrkk · Post by **MMaarrkk** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:25 am

This looks and sounds absolutely amazing. I have no idea how this flew under the radar. Wonderful to see new updates are still coming out.

audiothing · Post by **audiothing** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 1:01 pm

consordini wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:25 am This looks and sounds absolutely amazing. I have no idea how this flew under the radar. Wonderful to see new updates are still coming out.

Yeah! We always try to keep all older products updated when possible

SharksFin · Post by **SharksFin** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 2:08 pm

a way to cycle through the different states in the stepper with each note played instead of automatically would be cool as

audiothing · Post by **audiothing** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:04 pm

SharksFin wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 2:08 pm a way to cycle through the different states in the stepper with each note played instead of automatically would be cool as

Ah, that's interesting indeed. I'll think about it, if it's possible, I'll add it as an option.

nachenko · Post by **nachenko** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:28 pm

audiothing wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 5:10 pm - Added: Option to extend the LFO range

Thank you! I’ll give this thing a run whenever possible.

pough · Post by **pough** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 10:17 pm

Is anyone else having issues with this plugin randomly going silent?

audiothing · Post by **audiothing** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 10:33 pm

pough wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 10:17 pm Is anyone else having issues with this plugin randomly going silent?

Is the plugin authorized? Does it get stuck/mute when playing MIDI notes with the step sequencer on?
Anyway, please, contact us with your system details and we'll have a look.

pough · Post by **pough** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 11:38 pm

It's authorized, yes. None of the presets I'm using have the step sequencer active.

I have a test song that uses 4 instances of miniBit. After a while, one or two of them will go silent. I can't see anything different in the GUI and changing any of the settings doesn't fix the problem. Switching to another preset and back does fix the problem.

It's very strange. I'm going to run more tests. Hopefully I can narrow it down a little.

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